A cura di Maria Teresa Ferrante
PROGRAMMA
William Boyce (1711-1779)
David’s Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan (Graham Lea-Cox)
Ouverture. Largo – Presto Allegro
Affettuoso
1. Chorus: “Sing, sacred prophet”
2. Rec.: “Now Saul”
3. Aria: “Isral is fall’n”
4. Rec.: “Davide return’d”
5. Aria: “Swift indulge thy cruel aid”
6. Rec.: “Seeing the king”
7. Aria: “Take this bracelet”
8. Rec.: “Struck as with thunder”
9. Chorus: “For Saul they fast, for Jonathan they weep”
10. Rec.: “David again”
11. Aria: “How cou’d consience hush her stings”
12. Rec.: “Then David the Amalekite survey’d”
13. Aria à 2: “Sad Israel”
14. Rec.: “Nover, o never”
15. Aria: “On thee, mount Gilboa”
16. Chorus: “Daughters of Israel weep”
17. Rec.: “How are the mighty fallen!”
18. Chorus: “How are the mighty fallen”
Patrick Burrowes, voce bianca – soprano
William Purefoy, voce bianca alto
Andrew Watts, controtenore
Richard Edgar-Wilson, tenore
Michael George, bass-baritono
clavicembalo e basso continuo:
Timothy Roberts, clavicembalo
Katherine Sharman, violoncello
Timothy Lyons, contrabbasso
The Choir of New College, Oxford
The Hanover Band
Graham Lea-Cox, direttore